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Description: | Obverse: Port broadside view of a full-rigged ship, the main-top-mast carried away, driving on the rocks. Legend: "TAYLEUR FUND FOR THE SUCCOUR OF SHIPWRECKED STRANGERS". Reverse: Inscription: "TO GEORGE DOHERTY H.M.S. Ajax FOR DISTINGUISHED GALLANTRY in saving of life AT KINGSTOWN 9 Feby 1861". "The Rt Honble Lord Talbot de Malahide, CHAIRMAN". Fitted with a cusped bar and blue ribbon edged with white.
Silvered over a base metal.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | John Chetwynd 1803-68 Doherty Talbot Ajax (1809) George lifesaving medals | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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